Summer of live cricket on Sky Sports

The Bears are set to feature six times on SKY SPORTS in 2014 as part of a new look domestic season that will feature every county live.

From May Sky Sports will show every county team live during the 2014 domestic season including the new Royal London One-Day Cup now played in a 50-over format, and the NatWest T20 Blast, the new name for the domestic T20 competition.

The schedule of live county cricket on Sky Sports begins with the first of three LV=County Championship matches, and continues with 39 NatWest T20 Blast fixtures, including three of the Birmingham Bears home and two away matches. Additionally, Sky Sports will show 15 Royal London One-Day Cup matches including Warwickshire’s home match with Surrey.

A busy summer of international cricket on Sky Sports includes live coverage of England’s Tests, ODIs and T20s against Sri Lanka and India plus an ODI against Scotland. The fifth Test between England and India will be the 200th to be shown live on Sky.

Bryan Henderson, cricket executive producer for Sky Sports, said: “We’ve got all the stories covered this summer with a new schedule and new competitions. There’s every county live, all of England’s matches, plus lots of features and programmes. It’s going to be a great summer of cricket with Sky Sports."

The summer of cricket forms part of an unrivalled schedule of sport across six Sky Sports channels, including the end of the football season, golf’s US Open and US PGA Championship, summer international rugby, US Open tennis, every F1® Grand PrixTM and The 2014 Ryder Cup.

Cricket coverage on Sky Sports is available on TV, PC and on the move via mobile and tablet devices, thanks to Sky Go. Sky Sports News HD provides daily cricket reports, views and analysis while skysports.com, the UK’s leading commercial sports website, provides live cricket scores, interviews and news.